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Somalia Recruits Child Soldiers
I always find it amazing how little you see about Africa in the main stream news. This article hits on several major topics dealing with Africa today: famine, war and the use of child soldiers. Many of these issues have simply been ignored by much of the outside world. While Somalia received international attention, this is mostly due in the past to warlords such as Mohamed Farrah Aidid (of Operation Gothic Serpent fame) and now Islamist Militant Groups such as Al-Shabab. In both cases governments and human rights organizations have often withheld aid so that these groups could not gain power by taking control of the food, water and other materials provided.
Now that the Horn of Africa and Kenya are suffering from a severe draught the situation is becoming more urgent. Often the only way to make a living in a sense or at least be able to eat is to fight for one of the many groups of rebels in the region particularly Al-Shabab. Thankfully, government agencies are beginning to help. Unfortunately, if this help had been granted earlier this draught may have never led to faming. Better late then never though.
The best way to help is to inform yourself. Check out the below link to the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers:
Child-Soldiers.org
Also, to the right is a link to help out the campaign Invisible Children. They are an awesome organization, please check them out!
Somalia Recruits Child Soldiers
I always find it amazing how little you see about Africa in the main stream news. This article hits on several major topics dealing with Africa today: famine, war and the use of child soldiers. Many of these issues have simply been ignored by much of the outside world. While Somalia received international attention, this is mostly due in the past to warlords such as Mohamed Farrah Aidid (of Operation Gothic Serpent fame) and now Islamist Militant Groups such as Al-Shabab. In both cases governments and human rights organizations have often withheld aid so that these groups could not gain power by taking control of the food, water and other materials provided.
Now that the Horn of Africa and Kenya are suffering from a severe draught the situation is becoming more urgent. Often the only way to make a living in a sense or at least be able to eat is to fight for one of the many groups of rebels in the region particularly Al-Shabab. Thankfully, government agencies are beginning to help. Unfortunately, if this help had been granted earlier this draught may have never led to faming. Better late then never though.
The best way to help is to inform yourself. Check out the below link to the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers:
Child-Soldiers.org
Also, to the right is a link to help out the campaign Invisible Children. They are an awesome organization, please check them out!
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